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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fats can lead to some medical problems






2. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






3. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






4. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






5. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






6. What function is vitamin D?






7. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






9. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






10. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






11. Sources of fats






12. How many calories/gram is protein?






13. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






14. Where can you get more vitamin D?






15. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






16. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






17. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






18. What is RDA of protein?






19. Name six sources of grains






20. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






21. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






22. When does BMR decrease?






23. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






24. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






25. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






26. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






27. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






28. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






29. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






30. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






31. What is the function of vitamin C?






32. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






33. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






34. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






35. What foods have high quality protein?






36. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






37. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






38. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






39. When does BMR increase?






40. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






41. What is the function of vitamin E?






42. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






43. What is normal BMI?






44. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






45. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






46. What type of people need extra protein?






47. What is normal albumin levels?






48. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






49. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






50. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?